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I'm sorry, you can sit there and look and play with all your silly machines as much as you like.

Is gas going to have a crack? He is, you know. Oh, he's there. Brilliant.

He's round the goalkeeper! He's done it!

Absolutely incredible!

He launched himself six feet into the crowd, and Kung Fu kicked a supporter who was eyewit without a shadow of an out giving him lip.

Oh, I say, it's amazing.

It does it tame, and tame, it's amazing. It does it tame and tame and tame again.

Frank up the music.

Chargerglass.

This nation is going to dance all night.

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that is Julian Draxler, the most comprehensive ever examination of the words, The Games Gone,

Philippe Mexer's and the Pure Champions League 11, How to be a co-commentator, aka the Lulu

Effect, Tom Rosenthal hates you shouting tactical advice from the stands,

Greater Goldmuth, getting in and around with Doc Brown, the precise psychology of Sunday

League, Games Masters Dominic Diamond, when does a footballing mat become a matty,

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moment in football podcasting history. Brought to your ears in 2021 by The Athletic. This is part

one of the very best of football cliches.

2021 kicked off with an ambitious undertaking as Charlie Ackleshare and Nick Miller joined me to select the definitive Barclay's Premier League 11.

Once we'd nailed down our bald American goalkeepers, giant hapless centre halves, set-piece specialist and defensive midfield enforcers signed off the back of a seven out of ten major tournament, there was one man, perhaps the most Barclay striker of all,

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